The Grapes of Wrath: The Ghost of Modern America (2019)
The Grapes of Wrath: The Ghost of Modern America (2019)
In April 1939, "Grapes of Wrath" entered the pantheon of literature with a bang. Americans are at loggerheads over the odyssey of the Joad family, tenant farmers from Oklahoma who, like thousands of others, were driven from their land during the Great Depression. Eighty years have passed since the famous work was published, and 90 years since the beginning of the Great Depression in 1929. To mark this occasion, the documentary examines the genesis of the novel, its themes, its renewed reception during the financial crisis of 2008.

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Denis Podalydès Denis Podalydès As: Reciter (voice)
Gavin Jones Gavin Jones As: Self, professor, Stanford University
Susan Schillinglaw Susan Schillinglaw As: Self, professor of English, San Jose State University
Marie-Christine Lemardeley Marie-Christine Lemardeley As: Self, professor of English literature
Pap Ndiaye Pap Ndiaye As: Self, historian
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In April 1939, "Grapes of Wrath" entered the pantheon of literature with a bang. Americans are at loggerheads over the odyssey of the Joad family, tenant farmers from Oklahoma who, like thousands of others, were driven from their land during the Great Depression. Eighty years have passed since the famous work was published, and 90 years since the beginning of the Great Depression in 1929. To mark this occasion, the documentary examines the genesis of the novel, its themes, its renewed reception during the financial crisis of 2008.


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Genres: Documentary, History

Language: English, Français

Release Date: 02 October 2019

Country: FR

Runtime: 54m

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Company: ARTE, Agat Films & Cie / Ex Nihilo

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Denis Podalydès

Denis Podalydès

Reciter (voice)

Gavin Jones

Gavin Jones

Self, professor, Stanford University

Susan Schillinglaw

Susan Schillinglaw

Self, professor of English, San Jose State University

Marie-Christine Lemardeley

Marie-Christine Lemardeley

Self, professor of English literature

Pap Ndiaye

Pap Ndiaye

Self, historian

Delphine Coulin

Delphine Coulin

Self, writer

Sharon Garrison

Sharon Garrison

Self, former resident of Arvin Farm Labor Camp

Dale Gibson

Dale Gibson

Self, former resident of Arvin Farm Labor Camp

John Steinbeck

John Steinbeck

Self (archive footage)

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